Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62
यस्मिन्राशौ गते सूर्ये विपत्तिः स्याद्द्विजन्मनः । तद्राशावेव कर्तव्यं पितृकार्यं मृतेऽहनि
yasminrāśau gate sūrye vipattiḥ syāddvijanmanaḥ | tadrāśāveva kartavyaṃ pitṛkāryaṃ mṛte'hani
Si, lorsque le Soleil entre dans un certain signe du zodiaque, un malheur devait s’abattre sur un dvija (deux-fois-né), alors le rite dû aux ancêtres doit être accompli dans ce même signe, au jour du décès.
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A priest reassures a worried dvija as the Sun is depicted entering a zodiac sign; despite ominous omens, the śrāddha is performed with steady composure at the tīrtha.
FAQs
Even feared astrological periods are met through dharmic duty; pitṛ-obligations are not abandoned due to apprehension.
The rule is taught within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context, where correct observance is integral to sacred living at Prabhāsa.
Perform pitṛ-kārya on the death-day aligned with the relevant solar rāśi transit, even if that transit is considered inauspicious.